St. Augustine's Concubine Speaks

In his Confessions, Augustine of Hippo — one of the most important Church Fathers in Western Christianity — refers to the woman he lived with, his concubine, as “the one.” We know nothing about this woman, whom Augustine never names, but a new novel by Suzanne M. Wolfe now gives her a voice. Wolfe's novel The Confessions of X brings to life the concubine Augustine deeply loved and then sent away. Wolfe's life story of “X” not only helps us to imagine who this mysterious woman may have been, but illuminates the world Augustine lived in and brings to life some of the people who most significantly influenced his character and conversion. Wolfe spoke to Zoe Romanowsky about her latest work.